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about that whoever calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved.”
As we relate these verses together we can determine that the Messiah did indeed share
the same name as the Father. The Father is Yahweh, or Yah, and the son is Yahshua,
literally Yah’s salvation. When people call upon the name of Yahshua they are not only
speaking the name of the Father, but they are proclaiming the Son to be the Father’s
salvation.
Furthermore, we are told that John the Baptist came as a fulfillment of the scripture
that Elijah would precede Yahshua’s coming. This prophecy was recorded in Malachi.
Whom did Malachi say would follow Elijah? Young’s Literal Translation phrases this
scripture in this manner.

Malachi 4:5
Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of
[Yahweh], The great and the fearful.
(Young’s Literal Translation)

It is remarkable to note that John came in the spirit of Elijah, to announce to the Jews
the coming of their Messiah. Elijah literally means “Yah is God.” This was the message John
proclaimed. He identified Yahshua as the Son of God, the Messiah.
Even as Father and Son were one in essence, so they shared the same name. Yahshua
made this quite evident when He said, “Before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). In making
this declaration, all the Jews knew that Yahshua was proclaiming that He and the Father
were one, for He was quoting from Yahweh’s revelation to Moses.

Exodus 3:14
And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the
sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

In many ways Yahshua proclaimed that He and the Father were one. Yahshua
proclaimed Himself to be the Rock (Matthew 16:18, I Corinthians 10:4), and in Isaiah 44:8
Yahweh is proclaimed to be the Rock. Yahshua proclaimed Himself to be the Alpha and
Omega, the Beginning and the End (Revelation 1:8), and in the Old Testament the same is
spoken of Yahweh (Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 48:12). If they shared the same titles and
descriptions, should they not also share the same name?
Indeed, there appears to be more to this proclamation that Yahshua came in the name
of the Father than a reference to the fact that He came in the Father’s authority. He truly
did share the Father’s name.

John 12:12-13
On the next day the great multitude who had come to the feast, when they heard that
Yahshua was coming to Jerusalem, took the branches of the palm trees, and went
out to meet Him, and began to cry out, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the
name of Yahweh, even the King of Israel."

I am convinced that it is the Father’s will for His name to be known. It is said that the
heavens would receive Yahshua until the time of the restoration of all things (Acts 3:21). Is
it not appropriate that His name should be restored before He returns? Should not the